Question follow-through · 48299
Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions on (a) small and mid-sized quoted companies and (b) the (i) staffing costs and (ii) long-term investme
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions on (a) small and mid-sized quoted companies and (b) the (i) staffing costs and (ii) long-term investme
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
The Chancellor and I regularly meet and engage with senior figures from across the financial services sector and have, in recent months, hosted a series of forums, including with small to mid-sized quoted companies, as the government works towards develop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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